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Waterpeople Podcast

124 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 291 ratings

Stories about the aquatic experiences that shape who we become back on land. 

Listen with Lauren L. Hill and Dave Rastovich as they dive into essential conversations of our global ocean culture through storytelling with some of the most adept waterfolk on the planet. Waterpeople is a gathering place for our ocean community to dive into the common themes of watery lives lived well: ecology, adventure, community, activism, science, egalitarianism, inclusivity, meaningful play, a sense of humour. And, surfing, of course. 


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Annie Ford: Adventurous Activism

January 17, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour - 70.6 MB

The loudest human-made sounds: Nuclear Bomb (224 dB), Rocket launch (204 dB). And clocking in at 260 underwater decibels is the seismic blast, part of a process for exploring for oil and gas in the ocean. Unlike bombs and rockets, however, seismic blasts "fire approximately every 10 seconds around the clock for months at a time." For eight years, Marine Biologist Annie Ford worked onboard seismic blasting vessels, and felt the relentless explosions and reverberations from her bed at night....

Sally Parkin: Sell the House

January 02, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MB

Are you investing in yourself and your curiosities? At 63, Sally Parkin sold her home to spend the better part of 2023 surfing in Australia with her family. Sally is known for "single handedly"  reviving  the 100 year old tradition of English surfing on wooden bodyboards. She first surfed one at age 5, and decades later, when her family's quiver started to break, she realised there was only one local maker of traditional boards remaining. She founded The Original Surfboard Company to bot...

Stu Nettle: Voice & Vertigo

December 28, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MB

Injuries are mostly out of our control. But recovery offers many choices. Will we allow the scar tissue to stiffen or soften us? Stu Nettle is the editor of Swellnet, one of Australia's leading independent surf media and forecasting sites, where he has written about board design, surf industry happenings, surf science, and coastal geology since 2008.  Stu is a lifelong surfer but late-comer to surf media. He “had many unrelated life chapters, business failures, social experiments, and sur...

Pacha Lina Luque Light: Learning the Language

December 18, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 69.8 MB

Raised on a diet of deep ecology and the DIY spirit of her single mom, Pacha Light earned her first surfboard busking as a tween. She then forged her way into professional surfing as a teenager on Australia’s Gold Coast: signing a big endemic sponsor,  training every day, and making a name for herself as a competitor and surf model.  Until she couldn’t do it any longer. She felt she was not fully in alignment with her values. Still, along the way, Pacha found her storytelling voice, bring...

Tyler C. Wilde: The Missing Piece

November 26, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MB

Have you ever felt like something was wrong, but you weren't quite sure how to name it? Tyler Wilde is a teacher and bodysurfer from southern California. In 2017, Tyler won the prestigious International Surf Festival bodysurfing contest and was later voted into the Gillis Beach Bodysurfing Association as one of their youngest members. As a physical education teacher, his goal is to help his students "feel more embodied." Tyler went through a lengthy bout with depression and anxiety, and...

Tom Carroll: Under the Lip

November 18, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB

A little fire can keep you warm; a big fire can burn your house down.  Two time ASP World Surfing Champion Tom Carroll speaks candidly about his struggles to harness the power that made him famous. From the highs of professional surfing to addiction and meditation, his large life is a study in harnessing and honing one's power in mind and body.  Few surfers ever perform a wholly memorable maneuver . Tom broke down that norm in 1991 when he threw down a turn under the heaving lip of Pipel...

Christian and Ka'ale Sea: Many Beginnings

October 21, 2023 00:00 - 2 hours - 82.8 MB

Many of us dream of laying roots in some balmy, wave-rich location far from where we sprouted - to grow food and let the ocean dictate the day. Few of us do it. Christian and Ka'ale Sea have spent the last 21 years together - surfing, diving, planting, growing a family. They have three daughters, all homeschooled on the remote West Coast of Sumba Island, Indonesia, where they own and operate Ngalung Kalla retreat.  Christian started life in the Atlantic, on the 48-foot wooden sailboat his ...

Flora Christin Butarbutar: Kampung Life

September 24, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MB

Around 500,000 people were displaced by the 2018 earthquake that rocked the island of Lombok in Indonesia. It was estimated that 80% of all structures were levelled on the North of the island. At the time, Flora Christin Butarbutar, then in her early 20s, had taken up surfing on the Island of Bali. Originally from Sumatra, Flora was shaken by the need for help on the neighbouring island of Lombok. She put her budding surfing life aside, and harnessed her social media notoriety as Indonesia...

Moana Jones Wong: Awakening

August 23, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MB

Can a single wave really change your life? For Hawaiian waterwoman  Moana Jones Wong, one wave changed everything.  She shares about the fated, sparkling bomb at Pipeline that altered both her sense of self, and her surfing career.  Moana made history by winning the first ever Women’s Championship Tour event at Pipeline.  As a North Shore local, she cut her teeth in heavy water, earning her the title  “Queen of Pipe.” Moana was also the first to earn a bachelor’s degree in  Hawaiian and In...

Lewis Arnold and Chris Nelson: Neoprene is Toxic

August 09, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.5 MB

What do neoprene  wetsuits have to do with Cancer Alley ?  The global wetsuit industry is valued at around $2.8 Billion USD. "The vast majority of wetsuits on sale today are made of a synthetic rubber called Neoprene. Neoprene – the commercial name for chloroprene rubber – is the product of a toxic, carcinogenic chemical process. There is only one chloroprene plant in the US. It is owned by Japanese chemical company Denka and lies in the predominantly black, low income town of Reserve, Lo...

Felicity Palmateer: Nature’s Course

July 24, 2023 10:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MB

If you only had 10 healthy years left of life, would you choose to know it ? Big wave surfer Felicity Palmateer is known for her paddle-ins at Peahi, commentating WSL events, starring in Australian Survivor (twice) and holding the record for largest wave ever ridden by an Aussie woman. Parallel to her successful surfing career, Felicity has navigated tumultuous familial seas.  She talks us through losing her mum to early onset dementia in 2021  — her 50/50 chance of inheriting the gene mut...

Elizabeth Nguyen: Ancestral Stream

July 06, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.6 MB

“Each of us occupies a singular ecological niche in the web of life that is uniquely ours, and when we restore ourselves to health and vitality, we contribute to the health and vitality of our entire planet.” Such is the philosophy of psychiatrist and surfer Dr. Elizabeth Nguyen. Dr. Nguyen specialises in cross cultural psychiatry, the intersection of spirituality and mental health, and the healing power of water. She coined the term ‘human ecological restoration’ to describe the work she ...

Chris Del Moro: Lead with Deeds

June 21, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 68.7 MB

With gender norms up in the air, what does it mean to be a dad today? For Chris Del Moro, it means showing up for it all - good, bad, and messy -  and maintaining stability for his family.  Chris is an artist, surfer and devoted father to his two boys. He shares about the pivotal experiences with his own fathers and mentors that shaped him into the steadfast man he is today.  Chris spent more than a decade as a professional freesurfer, featured in movies including "Sliding Liberia, "The Pr...

Belen Alvarez Kimble: Watch Me

June 08, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MB

When was the last time you refused to take 'no' for an answer ? Belen Alvarez Kimble shares about the life-changing instance when she pushed against cultural norms and expectations to lay down her life's path.  Belen occupied one of the very few positions as a professional freesurfer through the early 2000s and worked with surf brands as an ambassador for unifying women’s surfing around the globe. She stands amongst the longboarding icons of the Blue Crush era that saw the resurgence of wom...

Rusty Miller: Surfing Through Life

June 08, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 66 MB

What's possible in the eighth decade of life?  Rusty Miller will be 80 this year - and he's still rocking off at Lennox Point and taking off on the best set waves.  Born in Southern Californian, Rusty was the 1965 United States Surfing Champion. He moved to Byron Bay Australia in 1970, where he has since lived, surfed, taught, and written about surfing -- and been an integral member of the community.  Rusty was amongst the first surf travellers to venture to Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Israel, Egy...

Season 5 Trailer

June 07, 2023 22:00 - 13 minutes - 9.07 MB

Welcome back for the 5th Season of The Waterpeople Podcast. Listen in as Dave and Lauren turn the mic on one another and get set for 16 fresh episodes of ocean-centric storytelling. .... Listen with Lauren L. Hill & Dave Rastovich Sound Engineer: Ben Alexander Theme song: Shannon Sol Carroll Additional music by Dave & Ben Join the conversation: @Waterpeoplepodcast  Get monthly musings and behind the scenes content from the podcast by subscribing to our newsletter. You'll get w...

James Nestor: Shut Your Mouth

March 06, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 48.7 MB

Is your mouth open or closed right now ? There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: we take air in, let it out, and repeat 25,000 times a day. But most of us have forgotten how to do it properly. Journalist, aquanaut, surfer and author James Nestor's latest book BREATH: the New Science of a Lost Art  explores the million-year-long history of how the human species has lost the ability to breathe properly and why we’re suffering from a laundry list of maladi...

Laola Lake Aea: Maka'ala

February 20, 2023 06:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MB

Lore of the Waikiki Beach Boys is well known – those legendary Hawaiian watermen like Duke Kahanamoku and Rabbit Kekai who regulated the turf of one surfing’s most fabled beaches. But where were the wahine ? Today we’re in conversation with original Waikiki Wahine Beach Boy Laola Lake, champion outrigger paddler, surfer and ocean safety advocate.  Laola grew up in the ocean front cottages of the Royal Hawaiian hotel, where her mother worked, and received her Waikiki Beach Boy license in 19...

Laola Lake: Maka'ala

February 20, 2023 06:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MB

Lore of the Waikiki Beach Boys is well known – those legendary Hawaiian watermen like Duke Kahanamoku and Rabbit Kekai who regulated the turf of one surfing’s most fabled beaches. But where were the wahine ? Today we’re in conversation with original Waikiki Wahine Beach Boy Laola Lake, champion outrigger paddler, surfer and ocean safety advocate.  Laola grew up in the ocean front cottages of the Royal Hawaiian hotel, where her mother worked, and received her Waikiki Beach Boy license in 19...

Rick Ridgeway: Wild Life

February 07, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MB

How will we choose to spend this one wild and precious life? Rick Ridgeway has devoted his seven decades to adventuring  Earth's widest seas and tallest peaks -- and working to protect the wildness that remains. Rick's  earliest adventures were oceanic – sailing and surfing – but he’s recognized amongst the world’s foremost mountineers. In 1976 he joined the American Bicentennial Everest Expedition, and in 1978 he and three others made the first American ascent of K2 – the second highest...

Peggy Oki: Artful Activism

December 21, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

As a member of the Zephyr skateboard team in the 1970’s -- made  famous by the documentary Dogtown and Z Boys --  Peggy Oki was at the top of the women’s skateboarding world while pioneering the vertical skating movement alongside the DogTown crew of Jay Adams, Tony Alva and Stacey Peralta,  as the lone Z-Girl. Peggy is a surfer, skater, rock climber, and visual artist who has adventured between these creative expressions for more than fifty years.  Parallel to living an adventurous life b...

Jock Sutherland: Muscle Memory

December 14, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MB

In early 1970, Jock Sutherland enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight in Vietnam. At  that time, he was considered amongst the most visible and versatile surfers on the planet. The surfing world was shocked; and so was his mother.  Jock never made it to active duty, but spent two years in the service, after which he was rarely included in surf media.  In 1989, Jock was busted for running cocaine and spent two years in prison.   In his complexity and cleverness, Jock Sutherland has held an ico...

Jock Sutherland: Muscle Memory

December 14, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MB

In early 1970, Jock Sutherland enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight in Vietnam. At  that time, he was considered amongst the most visible and versatile surfers on the planet. The surfing world was shocked; and so was his mother.  Jock never made it to active duty, but spent two years in the service, after which he was rarely included in surf media.  In 1989, Jock was busted for running cocaine and spent two years in prison.   In his complexity and cleverness, Jock Sutherland has held an ico...

Nathan Oldfield: Breathing Room

November 23, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MB

Nathan Oldfield has journeyed into the depths of grief, and back, to make surf films brimming with reverence for the extraordinary beauty of life. He has crafted six award winning films, most recently The Heart & The Sea, and The Church of the Open Sky, which  earned the Special Honor for Most Heart at the Xpedition Film Festival in Colorado.  Nathan is also a poet and meditation teacher, and parallel to his creative life,  has spent 25 years as a school teacher.  He spoke with us about ...

Nathan Oldfield: Breathing Room

November 23, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MB

Nathan Oldfield has journeyed into the depths of grief, and back, to make surf films brimming with reverence for the extraordinary beauty of life. He has crafted six award winning films, most recently The Heart & The Sea, and The Church of the Open Sky, which  earned the Special Honor for Most Heart at the Xpedition Film Festival in Colorado.  Nathan is also a poet and meditation teacher, and parallel to his creative life,  has spent 25 years as a school teacher.  He spoke with us about ...

Bonus: Guided Meditation with Nathan Oldfield

November 23, 2022 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MB

Following on from our full length episode, Nathan Oldfield shares about his decade-long relationship with practicing  and teaching meditation, and talks us through a short guided meditation that he offers to school children. … Listen with Lauren L. Hill & Dave Rastovich Sound Engineer: Ben Alexander Soundtrack By: Shannon Sol Carroll Additional music by Wave Brain  - Dave, Neal Purchase Jr. and Christian Barker + Nathan Oldfield Join the conversation: @Waterpeoplepodcast Waterpeop...

Bonus: Guided Meditation with Nathan Oldfield

November 23, 2022 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MB

Following on from our full length episode, Nathan Oldfield shares about his decade-long relationship with practicing  and teaching meditation, and talks us through a short guided meditation that he offers to school children. … Listen with Lauren L. Hill & Dave Rastovich Sound Engineer: Ben Alexander Soundtrack By: Shannon Sol Carroll Additional music by Wave Brain  - Dave, Neal Purchase Jr. and Christian Barker + Nathan Oldfield Join the conversation: @Waterpeoplepodcast Waterpeop...

Andy Ridley: Crowd Power

November 09, 2022 05:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB

Most conservation organisations mirror corporations in structure, operation, and strategy. But has that been effective? Andy Ridley, founder of Earth Hour and Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef, doesn't think so. He's asking how we build the 21st century conservation operation with the citizen at its heart.  "The traditional way of doing conservation is 'pass us your money and we'll go and do it.' But we know that hasn't worked at the scale required."  Andy is betting on harnessing the p...

Andy Ridley: Crowd Power

November 09, 2022 05:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB

Most conservation organisations mirror corporations in structure, operation, and strategy. But has that been effective? Andy Ridley, founder of Earth Hour and Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef, doesn't think so. He's asking how we build the 21st century conservation operation with the citizen at its heart.  "The traditional way of doing conservation is 'pass us your money and we'll go and do it.' But we know that hasn't worked at the scale required."  Andy is betting on harnessing the p...

Karina Petroni: Gumption

November 03, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MB

What happens when you lose it all? After a successful, 14 year professional surfing career, Karina Petroni discovered that all of her earnings and assets had suspiciously vaporised. Karina was born and raised in the Panama Canal Zone, but is known as one of The East Coast's surf prodigies.  In 2006, the  New York Times called her one of the “scions of Florida's recent surfing tradition." Karina’s promise for professional surfing, combined with her family’s investment in managing her caree...

Karina Petroni: Gumption

November 03, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MB

What happens when you lose it all? After a successful, 14 year professional surfing career, Karina Petroni discovered that all of her earnings and assets had suspiciously vaporised. Karina was born and raised in the Panama Canal Zone, but is known as one of The East Coast's surf prodigies.  In 2006, the  New York Times called her one of the “scions of Florida's recent surfing tradition." Karina’s promise for professional surfing, combined with her family’s investment in managing her caree...

Gwyn Haslock: First Lady

November 03, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MB

Gwyn Haslock has nearly 6 decades of surfing under her belt. She was born in Cornwall in 1945, and is renowned as one of the UK’s original surfers. Gwyn holds many competitive surfing accolades, including multiple British National Champion titles. We first heard about – and wrote about  -- Gwyn’s story in 2015  after connecting with English bellyboarding enthusiast Sally Parkin, who said:  “I am not sure who you would say started Men’s competitive surfing – but there is no doubt in my mind...

Gwyn Haslock: First Lady

November 03, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MB

Gwyn Haslock has nearly 6 decades of surfing under her belt. She was born in Cornwall in 1945, and is renowned as one of the UK’s original surfers. Gwyn holds many competitive surfing accolades, including multiple British National Champion titles. We first heard about – and wrote about  -- Gwyn’s story in 2015  after connecting with English bellyboarding enthusiast Sally Parkin, who said:  “I am not sure who you would say started Men’s competitive surfing – but there is no doubt in my mind...

Chelsea Woody: Cultivating Kinship

August 26, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 56 MB

For many, 2020 was the worst.  Chelsea Woody, a neuroscience nurse who moonlights as a Vans surf ambassador, is clear that it was “the worst year of her life.” After getting COVID from work, and subsequently  experiencing  a painful loss, — while  witnessing the suffering of so many through the pandemic -  Chelsea wished (for the first time) that she’d chosen a different profession. Parallel to the suffering both personal and all around her, Chelsea’s surfing career blossomed: she made th...

Jack Johnson: Time, Dreams & The Heart

August 09, 2022 23:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MB

In Greek myth, staring at the monster Medusa would turn mortals to stone; one needed a mirror to take the edge off.  Surfer, filmmaker and musician Jack Johnson reckons music and art can play a similar role in reflecting more digestible, less paralysing iterations of the ills and obstacles facing us all.  Jack studied film at UCSB, and went on to make culture shaping movies like Thicker Than Water and A Broke down Melody. More recently, he’s a Grammy nominated artist, and founder of two cha...

Kshisya Tachanskaya: Gifting Good Days

July 29, 2022 01:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MB

What if your homeland was suddenly the target of foreign attacks ? What would you do?  Ukrainian Kshisya Tachanskaya fled with her two children, a few belongings, reluctantly kissed her husband farewell, and drove for a familiar coast -- some 4000km away (2500 miles).  Kshisya  is part of Ukraine’s tight knit surfing community who enjoy the couple of windswells that the Black Sea delivers each year. Before she found surfing, Kshisya was a water skier, and later opened Kyiv’s CitySwell Club...

Kshisya Tachanskaya: Gifting Good Days

July 29, 2022 01:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MB

What if your homeland was suddenly the target of foreign attacks ? What would you do?  Ukrainian Kshisya Tachanskaya fled with her two children, a few belongings, reluctantly kissed her husband farewell, and drove for a familiar coast -- some 4000km away (2500 miles).  Kshisya  is part of Ukraine’s tight knit surfing community who enjoy the couple of windswells that the Black Sea delivers each year. Before she found surfing, Kshisya was a water skier, and later opened Kyiv’s CitySwell Club...

Tom Wegener: The Artisan's Way

July 07, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB

Unlike golf clubs and tennis racquets,  surfboards are still largely made by local artisans.               But, what sets the surfboard making industry apart from parallel industries? Why do local shapers still make boards? Master shaper Tom Wegener examines this question -- and much more -- in his PhD thesis and book Surfboard Artisans: For the Love.  "How can an industry which values passion over money be resilient and sustainable in a capitalistic society which has money as the primar...

Tom Wegener: Part 2

July 07, 2022 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MB

Part Two of our meandering conversation with master shaper Tom Wegener talking the nitty gritty of board construction, how he almost got the call to be in The Endless Summer II,  experimenting with ancient techniques in the shaping bay and which mode of wave riding is stoking him out the most right now. ... Tom started shaping and glassing in 1978 in his parents garage and is best known for helping to re-popularize old and ancient Hawaiian surfcraft, as celebrated in films like Thomas Cam...

Welcome to Season Four

June 21, 2022 06:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Waterpeople is back with a fourth season of stories about the aquatic experiences that shape us, change us, and call us into this quirky  community of water folk across the globe. This season we'll hear from 16 waterpeople - some globally renowned, others under appreciated -  and learn about the moments that changed everything. In this episode we sit down for a catch up with our new sponsor this season Sunbutter Skincare. Founders Tom and Sacha talk us through why they, as a marine biolo...

Welcome to Season Four

June 21, 2022 06:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Waterpeople is back with a fourth season of stories about the aquatic experiences that shape us, change us, and call us into this quirky  community of water folk across the globe. This season we'll hear from 16 waterpeople - some globally renowned, others under appreciated -  and learn about the moments that changed everything. In this episode we sit down for a catch up with our new sponsor this season Sunbutter Skincare. Founders Tom and Sacha talk us through why they, as a marine biolo...

Sam Bloom: Gravity & Buoyancy

June 20, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MB

What happens when life calls you to face your fears? Surfer,  adventurer and mother of three Sam Bloom had to face that call after a 2013 family holiday went tragically wrong.  Sam is a two-time world para surfing champion. She is the bestselling author of two books, and the subject of the 2020 film Penguin Bloom, starring Naomi Watts. Those three works detail the tragic accident that left Sam paralysed from the chest down, and the unexpected guest – an injured magpie in need of care --  wh...

Sam Bloom: Gravity & Buoyancy

June 20, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MB

What happens when life calls you to face your fears? Surfer,  adventurer and mother of three Sam Bloom had to face that call after a 2013 family holiday went tragically wrong.  Sam is a two-time world para surfing champion. She is the bestselling author of two books, and the subject of the 2020 film Penguin Bloom, starring Naomi Watts. Those three works detail the tragic accident that left Sam paralysed from the chest down, and the unexpected guest – an injured magpie in need of care --  wh...

Committed to Questions

February 27, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MB

To wrap up the third season, Lauren and Dave turn the mic on one another for a meandering chat through surf adventure stories,  common questions from listeners,  and their own answers to the central Waterpeople question about a time or experience after which you were never the same. We'll be back with a stacked fourth season in May or June, full of fresh stories,  inspiring ideas, and plenty of laughs. If you have a spare moment, please consider leaving a review of the podcast or sharing...

Fergal Smith: Grounded

January 19, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

What is enough to move you to action? For heavy water specialist Fergal Smith, nuclear meltdown became the impetus for a radical shift in life and livelihood. As the founder of Moy Hill farm, Fergal and his team aim to “grow worthy food, build soil, regenerate systems, plant flowers and trees, and work to leave what is in their care healthier than they found it," while also nurturing community.  Fergal talks us beyond the romanticisation of farming, and into the muddy complexity of what i...

Watershed Chats: Acknowledging Pain & A Living Legacy with Gumbayngirr / Yaegl artist Mick Laurie

December 08, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MB

What is lost when a language perishes? What becomes of a language on the edge of  extinction ? Artist Mick Laurie is a man of story and culture, who is revitalising the language of his forefathers by making the first ever modern music in Gumbayngirr, using words spoken by his ancestors for tens of thousands of years.  Mick, a  Gumbayngirr / Yaegl musician and storyteller, is based near the mouth of the Clarence River in Northern NSW, Australia,  where his forefathers  have lived and cared f...

John Florence: Navigating Edges

November 25, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MB

Olympian and two-time surfing World Champion John John Florence masterfully navigates the edges of flying and falling. Riding big waves  and sailing at high speed around the Hawaiian Islands are amongst his most instructive and inspiring moments. Seen as the most technically gifted surfer on the planet right now, John has the eyes of the surfing world focused on everything he does. His broad ranging interests -- from beekeeping to photography to science fiction -- are  cracking the mold of...

John Florence: Navigating Edges

November 25, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MB

Olympian and two-time surfing World Champion John John Florence masterfully navigates the edges of flying and falling. Riding big waves  and sailing at high speed around the Hawaiian Islands are amongst his most instructive and inspiring moments. Seen as the most technically gifted surfer on the planet right now, John has the eyes of the surfing world focused on everything he does. His broad ranging interests -- from beekeeping to photography to science fiction -- are  cracking the mold of...

Watershed Chats: Regenerating Reefs with Earthshot Prize recipient CORAL VITA

November 17, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MB

We’ve already lost 50% of Earth’s coral reefs. It's estimated that 90% will be gone by 2050 at the current pace of destruction. Coral Vita  just built the world’s first commercial land-based coral farm for reef restoration in The Bahamas.  They are regenerating reef systems with innovative methods that expedite the growth rate of corals, and allow for self-selection of the most resilient species to warming and acidifying conditions. Gator Halpern co-founded Coral Vita as a way to take prac...

Sachi Cunningham: Thriving On Chaos

November 08, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MB

In 2011, Sachi Cunningham quit her dream job and her psychiatric medication  ( for Bipolar 1 ) in search of a deeper sense of wellbeing in daily relationship with the ocean. She and her partner hit the road for what became a 14-month-long road trip across the Americas along the Pacific from LA to Chile. Today, Sachi  is an award winning documentary filmmaker, photographer, journalist, and Professor at San Francisco State University. She recently released the film CRUTCH, which chronicles t...